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TARRADIDDLE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tarradiddle mean? 

TARRADIDDLE (noun)
  The noun TARRADIDDLE has 2 senses:

1. a trivial lie
2. pretentious or silly talk or writing

  Familiarity information: TARRADIDDLE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TARRADIDDLE (noun)


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Meaning:

A trivial lie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

fib; taradiddle; tarradiddle; tale; story

Context examples:

he told a fib about eating his spinach / how can I stop my child from telling stories?

Hypernyms ("tarradiddle" is a kind of...):

lie; prevarication (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tarradiddle"):

cock-and-bull story; fairy story; fairy tale; fairytale; song and dance (an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse)


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Meaning:

Pretentious or silly talk or writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

baloney; twaddle; tosh; tommyrot; humbug; drool; bilgewater; boloney; bosh; tarradiddle; taradiddle

Hypernyms ("tarradiddle" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))


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